The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5) and the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) both present ways to classify diseases. In the case of DSM-5, it is strictly for mental dis....

A history of attempts to classify mental illness dates back to the 1840 US census, when the government included an entry to record the frequency of “insanity” in a family. This early record was strictly statistical in nature. In 1948—following World War II—the World....

For the past 20 years, licensed inpatient psychiatry units and free-standing inpatient psychiatric hospitals have been exempt from DRG-based prospective payment for Medicare patients. This year that’s changing.

The textbook DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic Statistical Manual-Text Revision, 4th Edition) by the American Psychiatric Association was published in July 2000. The 2000 ICD-9-CM Addendum (effective October 1, 2000) was published again after a one-year absence. Both these publications....